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The EM-1's were also used on the Pittsburgh Division over Sand Patch Grade near Meyersdale, PA with either empty hoppers or ones loaded with iron ore or dolomite westbound, coal eastbound, as well as freight trains in both directions.

In the late 1950s, the B & O used EM-1 # 7600 for railfan trips mostly between Cumberland, MD and Connellsville, PA.

Well-known Photographer and Cumberland, MD native William P. Price captured on still pictures and 8mm films, the EM-1's on the eastern side of Sand Patch pulling heavy trains with two of the B & O's 2-10-2 Class S1 and S1a " Big Sixes " on the rear as helpers dispatched from Hyndman, PA.